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Executive board
2025-2026
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Byron Chan, President
Byron Chan is a 4th year political science student with a minor in Chinese from the Bay Area. He has been a part of UCSB MUN for all four years and has previously served as Director of Training. He is excited and honored to serve as president and looks forward to helping continue build up the culture at UCSB MUN. Outside of Model UN, he serves as a personal chef with Hummingbird Healthy Living, working with a family in downtown Santa Barbara and in his free time enjoys watching basketball (his favorite team is the Minnesota Timberwolves).
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Aanuska Tripathi, Chief of Staff
Aanuska is a third year Political Science student from Moorpark, California (yes, the stop on the Amtrak). She joined MUN fall of her first year and has loved the lively debate and awesome friendships she’s made along the way. Outside of MUN, you can catch Aanuska at the gym waiting for the Lat-Pulldown machine, binging a show at home, or helping students at UCSB Career Services! She is excited to act as this year's Chief of Staff and continues to create a culture of inclusivity and positivity!
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Jacob Andrews, Director of Training (GA + Specialized)
Jacob Andrews is a second year attending UCSB. He currently serves as one of the Director of Trainings for GA and Specialized Committees. He is an Eagles fan and prides himself on his ball knowledge. He infamously led his IM soccer team to a stunning 4-1 victory over his roommate's team.
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Ryan Ramirez, Director of Training (GA + Specialized)
Ryan Ramirez is a second-year Political Science major, seeking to obtain an education minor. He began MUN in 7th grade and has loved it ever since! He loves the people that he has met throughout his time in MUN and has truly loved his time on the UCSB team. In his free time he works as a community intern at a real-estate office, an event specialist at the hotel on campus, and enjoys going out or staying in with his friends. Ryan is so excited to begin his journey as Head Delegate/ Trainer of GA and Specialized committees!
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Sophia Brockmiller, Director of Training (Crisis)
Sophia is a second-year political science major from Manhattan Beach, California. She began competing in MUN in college and has been a diehard crisis delegate ever since. After undergrad, Sophia hopes to pursue law school with the intention of becoming a corporate lawyer. In her free time, you can catch Sophia reading classical literature, meeting up with friends in IV, and consuming musical theater.
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Ruby Eilers, Director of Training (Crisis)
Ruby Eilers is a second year political science major from San Francisco and she is incredibly excited to be serving on UCSBMUN's executive board this year! She has competed all across the country on the colleigate circuit and is so excited to continue travelling and making more memories with the team. Outside of MUN, you can find her locking in at the lib, drinking too much caffeine, and going on long walks on the beach.
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Boone LaBounty, Director of Finance
Boone LaBounty is currently a third-year Economics and Accounting major at UCSB, hailing from Huntington Beach, California. When he’s not in lecture or attending an MUN meeting, you can usually find him hiking, surfing, cliff jumping, or basically anything else that can be done in nature with a group. Introduced to the club in his freshman year of high school, MUN has brought Boone some of his best friends and most cherished memories, and he is so grateful to be able to give back through such an amazing Executive Board! Boone is also currently a Finance Officer for the Associated Students Finance Committee at UCSB and plans to pursue a CPA license after college, eventually hoping to work auditing NGOs in the future.
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Sammy Ali, Director of Recruitment
Sammy Ali is a second-year Financial Mathematics and Statistics major and an Economics double major. He discovered MUN for the first time during his first year after four years of high school speech and debate, and considers MUN the superior public speaking activity. Outside of school and MUN, Sammy loves outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and rock climbing, all forms of writing, and story-driven games. He is super excited for another great year in MUN, and looks forward to meeting all the new members during fall and winter recruitment cycles.
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Ali Yavuz, Director of Tech and Design
Ali Yavuz is a senior in BS Mechanical Engineering with specializations in Fluid Mechanics, Geothermal Energy and Design. He started MUN with Junior MUN in elementary school and has been doing it since then with breaks every now and then. He enjoys playing basketball, drawing, and singing. He plans to go to grad school and then start his company and work with NASA interplanetary missions. You can find him building drones or giving campus tours as a tour guide around the campus pretty often. He enjoys being the Director of Technology for SBI and for the club!
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Sofia Little, Director of Logistics
Sofia Little is a fourth-year Global Studies and Political Science double major from Palo Alto, CA. She has been doing Model UN since her freshman year of high school and fell in love with the debate and discussion of international diplomacy, which drove her to continue into college. Outside of MUN, you can catch Sofia at the scene shop building sets for the school productions, reading at the beach, and drinking boba/coffee. After graduation, Sofia hopes to join the Peace Corps, hoping it will be life-altering and help her figure out what she wants to do for the rest of her life.
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Carter Zimmerman, Director of Community Outreach
Carter is a second year double majoring in Economics and Statistics and Data Science. Outside of MUN, Carter enjoys spending time outdoors and with friends.
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Estrella Alcaraz Munoz, Secretary General of SBIMUN
Estrella is a third year junior majoring in Political Science and double minoring in legal studies and history. She is from Sun Valley, CA. In her free time she enjoys adventuring through the recreation center and finishing off every exercise with a workout on the stair master. She is a strong advocate for self-care and enjoys journaling and sun-bathing on grassy lawns. She is interested in immigration law and currently works at a workers compensation law firm, is the External Vice President of the UCSB Phi Alpha Delta Pre-law chapter at UCSB, and is the UCSB Climate Action Fellow with the campus sustainability department.
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Pranav Gunhal , Secretary-General of GauchoMUN
Pranav is a second year Computer Science major, minoring in Education Studies. He is interested in developing and regulating technology for education. Having also done MUN in high school, he joined UCSB’s MUN team during fall quarter of his freshman year. When he’s not studying at any of the 8 picturesque stories of UCSB's library, he enjoys reading, sketching around campus, binging Abbott Elementary and coding random projects. He is excited to serve as the Secretary General of GauchoMUN and Director General of SBIMUN, and hopes that these conferences continue to captivate both club members and delegates.
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